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, WILLIAM o'. MARQUIS, O'BURGETTSTOWN; PENNSYLVANIA,

Lesa-s Patent No. Meer, @zaad May' 5, 186s;

IMPnovLn BAT-TRAP.

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AlO ALL WHOM IT MAY CNCERN:

Be it knownt-hat I, WILLIAMVC. MARQUIS, of Burgettstowu, in the countyof Washingtom'and in the State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful-In1provenients in Rat-Traps; and do hereby declare. that thel following is a full, clear, and exact description the` and the letters of reference marked thereon. v

In vthe annexed drawings, making a part of lthis specification- Figure 1 represents a longitudinal, land Figure 2 represents a cross-,section of inyimproved animal-trap. y

A, in the annexed drawings, represents a'suitable baise, upon which I secure 4a boil or vessel, B, of any required'dimensions, and niade water-tight.

C represents a smaller box or spout, cased on lthe inside with metal, unimad smooth therein, the bottom or reof, reference being had to the'accompanying drawings,

base ot' which projects, and forms a flange, which just fits in and restslon a suitable shoulder inside ofth'e vessel B, andthereby-formsa lid therefor, as is fully shown. I

' On to'p of the spout C, I adjust a tilting-platform or valveF. -Th is`valv`e-F is made 'ofa vplate of such size and shape as willt in the top of the spout C, and secured to the bent rod y, which rests in suitable bearings on the top of said spout. One end of the rod'g hangs down,`,as isshown, and has an adjustable Weight, It,

attached thereto, which may be `rooved'up and down by means of the screw-:threads in it and on said rod. This on or in which any kind of bait may be placed.

weight and hanging part of the 'rod g are for the purpose of keeping the valveiF in ahoriz'ontal position.

' I place a cap or box, D, on top of the spout C, which has openings, :v x, in its opposite sides-,for the animal to pass-into, and on to theItilting-platform or valve F.

In opposite sides ofthe cap, D, and over the tiltingeedges of the valve, secure hooks or feed-boxes j j,

Leading from the base, A,up to the openings, razr, and resting on the top of the spout C, are suitable strips or ways, K K, for the animal to goup to the trap on. l A

When the trap -is arranged for use, I till the vessel'B full of water, or up as f ar as4 the lid thereof. It is obvious that an 'animal willl tilt the valve F, and thus bepreciptateddown the spout into the water,a should it attempt to get at the bait at Having thus fully dies-cribedmy invention, what I claim as'new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is The tilting-platform F, when hung on a bent rod,;g, in cornbination Awith the pendulous weight 71, and'spout C, the several parts being constructed and'usedas and for the 'purpose specied. In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my hand, this 1st day of February, 1868.

' WM. C. MARQUIS. rlilitnesses JOSEPH GnoNEn, R. S. DoNnnoo. 

